Medical Leadership
Florida |
David Abis, M.D. Dr. Abis is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, as well as subspecialty board-certified in Cytopathology. Dr. Abis also has special interests in cytopathology, urologic pathology and gastrointestinal pathology. Dr. Abis currently serves as President of Palm Beach Pathology, P.A. After earning a B.S. degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Dr. Abis earned an M.D. degree in 1985 from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY. He then completed his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Abis is also a member of the College of American Pathologists (CAP). Dr. Abis joined Palm Beach Pathology in 1990 and has also been a member of the pathologist staff at St. Mary's Medical Center and Good Samaritan Medical Center, West Palm Beach, Florida. He is also currently Director, Division of Pathology at St. Mary's Medical Center, West Palm Beach, Florida where he also serves on the Medical Staff Executive Committee, Surgical Quality Assurance Committee, and Trauma Quality Management Committee. |
Florida |
Thomas A. Bolton, M.D. Dr. Bolton is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. He is also licensed by the National Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Bolton's areas of special interest include immunopathology, urologic pathology, and molecular biology. He also has additional experience in dermatopathology as it relates to hematologic neoplasms, infectious processes, and immunofluorenscence. Dr. Bolton currently serves as the Medical Director of Palm Beach Pathology. After earning a B.S. in biology and a B.A. in chemistry from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, Dr. Bolton earned an M.D. degree in 1980 from the University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, where he also completed his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. Following his residency, Dr. Bolton served as clinical associate in General Pathology and Hematology, and later as Assistant Professor of Pathology at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Bolton was also Chief of Microbiology and staff pathologist at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida. Dr. Bolton is active in several professional organizations, including Palm Beach County Medical Society, American Society of Microbiology, ASCP; and also serves as inspector for the College of American Pathologists (CAP). Dr. Bolton is an active member of the pathology staff at St. Mary's Medical Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, where he is also member of the OB/GYN Committee and the Infectious Disease Committee (chair). He also a member of the pathology staff at Good Samaritan Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Jupiter Memorial Hospital, and Martin Memorial Hospital. |
North Carolina |
James B. Cash, M.D. Dr. Cash is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, as well as Cytopathology. He is also board-certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Cash's areas of interest include surgical pathology, gynecologic pathology, gastrointestinal pathology and urologic pathology. Dr. Cash is co-founder and President of Eastern Carolina Pathology, P.A. as well as member of ECP's executive committee. After earning a B.A. degree cum laude from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. Cash earned an M.D. degree in 1977 from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, where he also completed his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. Following his residency, Dr. Cash completed a fellowship in Surgical Pathology at Barnes Hospital, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri. He then returned to the University of Kentucky Medical School as Chief Resident and Instructor in Pathology, and later as Assistant Professor of Pathology. Dr. Cash is active in a number of professional organizations, including College of American Pathologists (CAP), American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), North Carolina Pathology Society, and the Wilson County Medical Society. Dr. Cash currently serves as Laboratory Medical Director of the Heritage Hospital, Tarboro, North Carolina, and County Medical Examiner for the North Carolina Medical Examiner System. |
Colorado |
Deborah "Debs" Payne, Ph.D. Dr. Payne joined APP in 2009 to lead our molecular laboratory division and currently serves as Vice President of Molecular Services. She was most recently Director of the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas where she was also Associate Professor of Pathology. She was also Director and a founding member of the Division of Molecular Diagnostics in the Department of Pathology at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Dr. Payne received her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas; and performed part of her post-doctoral training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Payne is nationally recognized in molecular diagnostics, is an active speaker, well published and active member of numerous committees and industry organizations. She has held offices as the Chair of the Training and Education Committee for the Association of Molecular Pathology, as Chair of the Molecular Pathology division (2002-2003) for the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), as the Co-Chair for the NACB Laboratory Practice Guidelines Committee on Pharmacogenetics, as the only U.S. member is on the Committee for Molecular Diagnostics for the International Federation for Clinical Chemistry (IFCC), and as member of the Board of Directors for the American Board of Clinical Chemistry. Dr. Payne is also a member of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) committee on reference materials, an advisor for the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), and a member of the Board of Directors for the American Board of Clinical Chemistry (ABCC). Dr. Payne also served as a voting member for the Molecular and Clinical Genetics Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Payne has authored or co-authored several book chapters, and 55 manuscripts, and is on the editorial board for LabMedicine. She is certified as a clinical laboratory technologist in Molecular Biology MB(ASCP), holds a Diplomate in Laboratory Management DLM(ASCP). She is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (FACB), and is board-certified by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry in Molecular Diagnostics (DABCC) and by the American Board of Medical Microbiology (DABCC). |
Colorado |
Karim E. Sirgi, M.D. Dr. Sirgi is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology with subspecialty board certification in Cytopathology. Dr. Sirgi is the President of UniPath, P.C., the independent pathology practice that serves UniPath Central Laboratories by providing exclusive professional services. He is also Medical Director of Laboratories at The Urology Center of Colorado (TUCC), and of the Colorado Center for Laboratory Medical Science. Dr. Sirgi received his medical diploma from Saint Joseph University School of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon in 1986. He completed his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Booth Memorial Medical Center / New York University in Flushing, New York. He then completed a fellowship in Surgical Pathology at Barnes Hospital, Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri, and an additional subspecialty fellowship in General and Interventional Cytopathology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Dr. Sirgi also completed an advanced training program in urologic pathology with Dr. Jonathan Epstein at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Baltimore, MD. He is also part of the medical staff at several Denver-area hospitals that UniPath serves. Dr. Sirgi was voted by medical colleagues among Denver's Top Doctors (5280 Denver Mile-High Magazine) for several years. He is fellow/member of several professional organizations, including FCAP, FASCP,and ASC. He has also numerous publications ranging from Fibrosarcoma to Fine Needle Aspirates of Granular Cell Lesions of the Breast. |
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D. Cheryl Thorne, M.D. Dr. Thorne is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, as well as in the subspecialties of Cytopathology, Blood Banking, and Forensic Pathology. Her primary areas of interest are cytopathology, gastrointestinal pathology, and coagulation and blood banking. Dr. Thorne is also a co-founder of Eastern Carolina Pathology and currently serves as the Medical Director of the APP/ECP laboratory. After earning a B.S. degree in bacteriology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Dr. Thorne earned her M.D. degree in 1974 from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill where she also completed he residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. She then went on to complete fellowship training in Blood Banking at North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, as well as a fellowship in Forensic Pathology with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Thorne also has special training in renal pathology and electron microscopy. She is member of several professional organizations including the College of American Pathologists (CAP), American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), American Association of Blood Bank Institutions, and the Wilson County Medical Society. Dr. Thorne also serves as Laboratory Medical Director for Halifax Memorial Hospital, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. |
Colorado |
Michael G. Venrick, M.D. Dr. Venrick is board-certified in Clinical and Anatomic Pathology with subspecialty board certification in Cytopathology. He is also board-certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Venrick has spent his career focusing on women's health and new diagnostics assays and is regarded as a thought leader in this area. Dr. Venrick is currently the Medical Director of UniPath Central Laboratories, and a member of the Board of UniPath, PC. After earning a B.S. degree in biology and psychology from Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado, Dr. Venrick earned his M.D. degree in 1983 from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado. He then went on to complete an internship and his residency at the Letterman Army Medical Center, U.S. Army in San Fransisco, California. Following his residency, Dr. Venrick completed a fellowship in Cytopathology at George Washington University, Washington, DC. Dr. Venrick also served as Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and prior to joining UniPath, Dr. Venrick held several positions, including staff pathologist at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. Along with his many affiliations and awards, Dr. Venrick is a member of several professional organizations, including Colorado Medical Society, ASCP, CAP, American Society of Cytopathology, Denver Medical Society, and the Colorado Society of Clinical Pathologist (president 1994-1995). Dr. Venrick served in the U.S. Army and honorably discharged as Major in 1990. |
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